scvan

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Emotiva XMC-1 owners....
I concur.... It seems that the linear PS that they are using is quite HQ from what I have read. 
How good are recievers these days?
My bad... It doesn't have a tuner so that moves it closer to hi-fi.... Show me one study that says HDMI audio is worse than coax in any way. I think it is the only way to get the lossless sound off a blu-ray digitally. Also, no SACD players output... 
Emotiva XMC-1 owners....
From the website.... As a PWM, the signal is reclocked, amplified in the digital domain, reclocked again, and then demodulated to drive a speaker directly. From international rectifier...A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switch-ing amplifie... 
Emotiva XMC-1 owners....
From the website.... As a PWM, the signal is reclocked, amplified in the digital domain, reclocked again, and then demodulated to drive a speaker directly. From international rectifier...A Class D audio amplifier is basically a switch-ing amplifie... 
Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable?
Jea,Weird because this is what you stated?An isolation transformer creates a new separately derived AC power system that is independent from the mains power of your home's AC power system.Maybe I misread it.... 
Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable?
Jea48,You are smarter than that. You know the definition of created. If the voltage on the supply side drops it drops on the other side of a transformer. It isolated electricity it doesn't create it. One side of the transformer has an electromagne... 
ATI SIGNATURE SERIES 6005 OR CLASSE CT 5300??
Whitecamaross,Your source may be mistaken. There is no 7 channel ML amp. The 7 channel amp from Harman is the Lexicon amp. It is probably true that most ML amps are also made by ATI, but this is not one of them. I assume they all use the same tech... 
Would vinyl even be invented today?
Lazaretto is a DR10 per the dynamic compression rating. That is not bad for a rock album, I wish it were more like a DR12 to add a little to the subtlety but that won't happen for awhile I suppose. Louder i better, right?It is a good album. It is ... 
Most overrated audio manufacturers?
I've disagreed with Atma-sphere on here about some things, but even his low power amp can easily drive way more than 5% of speakers. Probably well more than 95%. Go to Japan and see how everyone loves SET amps, and they are using them on similar s... 
ATI SIGNATURE SERIES 6005 OR CLASSE CT 5300??
Whitecamaross,As clpetersen stated, I think well designed SS amps have reached a high level of maturityMost good SS amps are more alike than different. I can almost promise you that ZX7 and ATI are identical, I think they even came out the same ye... 
Does an isolation transformer improve a power cable?
I wonder if anyone has converted 3 phase to a home use 120 line like this. I suppose that would even give better quality AC.Just to be a bit of naysayer/ clarifier the transformer does not "create" electricity as I have stated before. It is just i... 
High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz
Rlawrly,is the biggest improvement I have heard in 40 years of audioThe cables make the biggest improvement in sound you have heard in 40 years? 40 years ago we had some JBL's maybe a Paragon, more likely the Olympus and the AR3 (I'm more of east ... 
How good are recievers these days?
Yep, all receivers are junkHK990 
ATI SIGNATURE SERIES 6005 OR CLASSE CT 5300??
Whitecamaross.Look at it the amps. Lexicon amp ATI ampDon't they look identical except for color? Both have the same specs too. Shocking isn't it.I'm not sure about the RX-7, but I'm pretty sure it was the previous Lexicon amps that were made by C... 
HiDiamond Diamond 3 XLR IC's - Burn-In Time?
Although it is not yet fully understood scientifically, the phenomenon of “cable break-in” has been experienced by many audiophiles....One can now correlate the impressive signal level produced by the CABLE COOKER™ and the benefits derived by its ...